Back-band hook



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- J. B. MOORE.

BACK BAND HOOK- Patented Mar. 30, 1886.

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JESSE B. MOORE, OF EL DORADO, ARKANSAS.

BACK-BAND HOOK.

$PEC1'FICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,763, dated March 30, 1886.

Application filed January 22, 1886. Serial No.189,407. N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEssE B. MooRE, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at El Dorado, in the county of Union and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back-Band Hooks patented by H. G. Johnson and Jesse B. Moore, issued November 21, 1885, No. 330,900, and Jesse B. Moore, filed October 24, 1885, allowed November 27, 1885, Serial No. 180,885; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to back-band buckles; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter described and set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my back-band buckle with the pin removed. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the same, being a modified form. Fig. 3 is a side View of the pin which fits the first form ofbuckle, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side View of the pin which fits the modified form of buckle, Fig. 2., Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view cut through Fig. 1 on the line w x, and showing the pin in position. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the modified form cut through Fig. 2 on the line 3 y, and showing the pin in position. Fig. 7 isa crosssectional view out through Fig. l on the line 2 2. Fig. 8isacross-sectional viewcutthrough Fig. 1 on the line 1 n. Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view out through Fig. 2 on the line 10 w.

My invention is described as follows I make a plate, 1, having a slot, 2, lengthwise in the same. From the lower edge of the plate 1 I extend two arms, 3, which are united at their lower ends, and at this point there is raised a finger, which is turned up in the shape of a hook, 4. The side bars, 5 and 6, of the plate 1, Fig. 1, are connected and strengthened by cross-pieces 7 and 8, which are set back a short distance from the ends of saidsides. On the upper face of plate 1 and at either end of the said plate I erect unbroken elongated eyes 9 and 10. Working between the eyes 9 and 10 is a pin, 11, having necks 12, adapted to work in said eyes. The upper side of the said pin is depressed or swaybacked, so that the back-band will fit more neatly in the buckle, and the lower edge of the said pin extends downward in a V-shaped flange, 13, so that its sides will impinge tightly against the edges of said slot 2, and thus hold the back-band firmly in place. On the lower edge of the necks 12 are notches 14, corresponding in size to the crosspieces 7 and 8. over which they fit when the said pin is in position. The necks being deeper than the openings in the eyes 9 and 10 are wide prevents the said pin from turning, and it being fitted loosely in said eyes enables it to play up and down.

In the modified form of buckle, Fig. 2, I leave out the crosspieces 7 and 8, and the pin 15, Fig. 4, is the same as pin 11, Fig. 3, except it is not sway-backed and has not the notches 14. in its necks.

In both forms of buckle I make the eyes to slant outwardly, so as to allow the pins to be inserted, after which they are bent to a perpendicular position, in which case the said pins are held in place. The finger 4 is also made straight at first and then turned over in the form of a hook.

The operation of my buckle is as follows: The back-band is looped over the top of the pin. Then the pin is raised, which opens the slot 2, and both ends of the back-band are slipped down through the said slot, and when the back-band is pulled upon the pin is drawn tight down into the said slot and grasps the back-band between itself and either end of the said slot and prevents the back-band from slipping.

Having described my inventiou,whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is

1. A back-band buckle consisting of the plate 1, having the arms 3, hook 4, slot 2, cross-pieces 7 and 8, unbroken elongated eyes 9 and 10, and the pin 11, having the V-shaped flange 13, necks 12, and notches 14 in the under side of said necks, substantially as shown In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in and described, and for the purposes set forth. presence of two witnesses.

2. In a back-band hook, as above described, the combination of the plate 1, having the slot JESSE B. MOORE. 5 2, cross-pieces 7 and 8, and the unbroken elo'ngated eyes 9 and 10, with pin 11, adapted to Witnesses:

fit in said eyes 9 and 10, and said slot 2, sub- J. S. ALPHIN,

stantially as shown and described. W. W. WILSON; 

